LWF: *New* Emergency Response Newsletter
The Lutheran World Federation has been working to revamp how it responds to disasters and emergencies within the countries and regions of the world in which it works. One of the first steps in the process has been to set...
Minot, ND: LDR Involved in Discussion of Billion Dollar Shortfall
The Minot Daily News had a good piece last week that in part highlights the role of Lutheran Disaster Response work in the long process of disaster response. The topic of the article is a discussion of the Minot Unmet...
Pennsylvania: Camp Noah Program
The Daily Review newspaper out of Pennsylvania had a great article about Lutheran Disaster Response (how our domestic disaster response program is known) bringing a Camp Noah program to the area to help following the flooding of Hurricane Irene and...
Indonesia: Finalized Update on 11 April 2012 Earthquake
Sherry Panggabean has put together a finalized report on the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks that struck off the west coast of Sumatra yesterday. It has a good map showing where the quakes happened and is a much appreciated update on...
Indonesia: Tsunami Scare Highlights Disaster Preparedness
A powerful earthquake, registering at 8.7 on the Richter Scale, hit Indonesia around 4pm local time (4am CST). It was located off the west coast of Simeulue Island in Aceh Province (150 km off Western coast of Aceh and about...
Advocacy: Drought Affected East and West Africa
The following message is from the ELCA e-Advocacy list. This lists is sent out by the Advocacy office of the ELCA to inform people of the what political issues are going on and how people can get involved. This particular...